2023 K3 League

The 2023 K3 League was the third season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league. Its regular season was held from 11 March to 11 November 2023.

K3 League

Season	2023
Dates	11 March – 11 November 2023
Champions	Hwaseong FC (1st title)
Relegated	Yangju Citizen
Best Player	Jegal Jae-min[1]
Top goalscorer	Jegal Jae-min Woo Jae-wook (12 goals each)[1]
← 2022 2024 →

The 15 participating teams played each other twice. The 14th-placed team advanced to the relegation play-off and the bottom team was directly relegated to the K4 League.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from K4 League

• Yangpyeong FC
• Chuncheon Citizen

Promoted to K League 2

• Cheonan City
• Cheongju FC (renamed Chungbuk Cheongju)

Relegated to K4 League

• Dangjin Citizen

Locations

Hwaseong

Siheung

Yangju

Paju

Gangneung

KHNP

Korail

Yangpyeong

Ulsan

Changwon

Chuncheon

Busan TC

Gimhae

Mokpo

Pocheon

Locations of the 2023 K3 League teams

Club	City
Busan Transportation Corporation	Busan
Changwon City	Changwon
Chuncheon Citizen	Chuncheon
Daejeon Korail	Daejeon
FC Mokpo	Mokpo
Gangneung Citizen	Gangneung
Gimhae FC	Gimhae
Gyeongju KHNP	Gyeongju
Hwaseong FC	Hwaseong
Paju Citizen	Paju
Pocheon Citizen	Pocheon
Siheung Citizen	Siheung
Ulsan Citizen	Ulsan
Yangju Citizen	Yangju
Yangpyeong FC	Yangpyeong

Stadiums

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Busan Transportation Corporation	Busan Asiad Auxiliary Stadium	?
Changwon City	Changwon Football Center	15,116
Chuncheon Citizen	Chuncheon Songam Sports Town-Auxiliary Stadium	25,000
Daejeon Korail	Daejeon World Cup Stadium Practice Pitch	17,371
FC Mokpo	Mokpo International Football Center	5,952
Gangneung Citizen	Gangneung Stadium	33,000
Gimhae FC	Gimhae Public Stadium	25,000
Gyeongju KHNP	Gyeongju Civic Stadium	12,199
Hwaseong FC	Hwaseong Stadium	35,270
Paju Citizen	Paju Public Stadium	23,000
Pocheon Citizen	Pocheon Stadium	7,000
Siheung Citizen	Jeongwang Sports Park	1,500
Ulsan Citizen	Ulsan Stadium	19,471
Yangju Citizen	Godeok Artificial Turf Ground	5,000
Yangpyeong FC	Yangpyeong Sports Complex	3,000

Personnel

Club	Manager
Busan Transportation Corporation	Kim Gwi-hwa
Changwon City	Choi Kyeong-don
Chuncheon Citizen	Son Hyun-jun
Daejeon Korail	Kim Seung-hee
FC Mokpo	Jeong Hyun-ho
Gangneung Citizen	Kim Do-keun
Gimhae FC	Yoon Sung-hyo
Gyeongju KHNP	Seo Bo-won
Hwaseong FC	Kang Chul
Paju Citizen	Lee Eun-no
Pocheon Citizen	Cho Man-geun
Siheung Citizen	Park Seung-soo
Ulsan Citizen	Yoon Kyung-sang
Yangju Citizen	Park Sung-bae
Yangpyeong FC	Kim Chang-yoon

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from the AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC.

The name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former players
Changwon City	Victor Ribeiro
FC Mokpo					Tatsuro Nagamatsu
Gangneung Citizen	Jordan Rodrigues	Careca			Douglas Matheus
Gimhae FC					Matheus Matias
Gyeongju KHNP	Reo Nishiguchi	Leonardo Kalil	João Leonardo	Hayata Komatsu
Hwaseong FC	Luan Costa	Sandy	Caio Marcelo	Yuki Aizu

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hwaseong FC (C)	28	17	9	2	42	21	+21	60
2	FC Mokpo	28	15	8	5	48	26	+22	53
3	Gimhae FC	28	13	10	5	42	26	+16	49
4	Ulsan Citizen	28	13	8	7	36	29	+7	47
5	Daejeon Korail	28	11	6	11	34	32	+2	39
6	Siheung Citizen	28	10	9	9	37	36	+1	39
7	Paju Citizen	28	11	5	12	32	27	+5	38
8	Chuncheon Citizen	28	9	11	8	25	26	−1	38
9	Busan Transportation Corporation	28	9	7	12	34	36	−2	34
10	Gyeongju KHNP	28	8	10	10	28	32	−4	34
11	Pocheon Citizen	28	7	12	9	26	33	−7	33
12	Gangneung Citizen	28	8	8	12	27	35	−8	32
13	Yangpyeong FC	28	7	6	15	28	43	−15	27
14	Changwon City (O)	28	7	6	15	23	39	−16	27	Qualification for relegation play-off
15	Yangju Citizen (R)	28	4	7	17	29	50	−21	19	Relegation to K4 League

Source: JoinKFA Livesport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BTC	CHA	CHU	DKO	GNE	GIH	GYE	HWA	MOK	PJC	POC	SIH	ULS	YJU	YPY
Busan Transportation Corporation	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0
Changwon City	1–2	—	0–1	2–4	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0
Chuncheon Citizen	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Daejeon Korail	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0
Gangneung City	2–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	—	0–5	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
Gimhae FC	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	—	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0
Gyeongju KHNP	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–4	—	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	4–3	0–1
Hwaseong FC	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1
FC Mokpo	2–0	4–0	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–1	4–3	3–0	1–0	2–0
Paju Citizen	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	—	3–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	4–2
Pocheon Citizen	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	—	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–2
Siheung Citizen	1–2	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	4–2	0–0	—	1–2	3–2	4–2
Ulsan Citizen	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	—	4–2	0–0
Yangju Citizen	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	2–2
Yangpyeong FC	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	—

Source: JoinKFA Livesport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off (K4 League promotion play-offs final) was contested between the 14th-placed team of K3 League and the winners of K4 League play-off (semi-final).

25 November 2023

14:00 (UTC+9)

Changwon City	2–0	Jinju Citizen
Seong Bong-jae 53', 82'	Report

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

See also

• 2023 in South Korean football
• 2023 Korean FA Cup